. >> that was of course was michael douglas as the wheeler-dealer gordon gekko, responding to his proteje played by charl sheen in the movie "wall street," the 25 years ara. back in the late '80s, the director oliver stone, himself the son of stock broker, saw something happened before it reached the mainstream. before the rest of us knew what hit us. that little speech about the richest 1% of the demise of democracy proved to be prophetic. flesh and blood americans are living now every day with the consequences -- >> my name is amanda greubel. i am 32 years old, born and raised in iowa. i've een marriede for ten years today to my high school sweetheart, josh. he's the high school band director of the same district where i am the family resource center director. we have a five-year old son benen, and our second child on the way in december, like aer l of american families we have a lot of debt. mortgage, two vehicle, and because we both have master's degrees a l of student loan debt. >> amanda was invited to testify last summeralt a senate hearing on how americans are coping in hard times